Research Areas

Our research areas include:

• Popular Screen Cultures, Politics, and History

• Popular Screen Cultures and Pedagogy

• Popular Screen Cultures and Identity

• Popular Screen Cultures and Production

• Popular Screen Cultures and Genre

• Popular Screen Cultures and Aesthetics

Our members research and teach a wide range of topics related to Popular Screen Studies. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Celebrity cultures
• Gothic and horror on screen (including: the gothic and horror in popular films; body horror; and horror and religion)
• Hollywood Westerns
• Science-fiction
• Teen girl films
• Teaching languages with screen media
• Video games
• Transmedia storytelling
• Religion on screen
• Comedy films and anti-racist politics
• Feminist and queer media
• Fandom studies
• Music documentaries